欧州自転車レース追っかけ日記

Direct Ferries (A portal site)
I believe I have used this site twice in the past. I went to Corsica (From Nice, France - Ajaccio / Port Vecchio / Bastia? I think I used two ports) when the Tour de France had the Grand Départ there. I went to Leeds, Yorkshire (UK) when they had the Grand Départ there. So I used ferries.

This time I'm going on a tour visiting those Scandinavian countries. I will use three international ferry rides and numerous Norwegian domestic connections. I'm reserving two international ferries. Outgoing Hirtshals (Denmark) - Larvik (Norway) and returning Turku (Finland) - Stockholm (Sweden). Other rides (including the last Rødby Denmark - Puttgarden Germany) will be done without reservations.

Anyway, this portal site (Direct Ferries) is easy to use. This time I reserved the first ferry ride (Hirtshals - Larvik) as the timing is very important. I want to land on Norway early Sunday morning so that I can sightsee Oslo without worrying about the car parking fees and traffic (or people) on my Brompton with my dear Hannah. A good plan, no?

The ferry leaves 22:30 from Hirtshals on Saturday late evening and arrives 02:55 at Larvik very eary Sunday morning. I have to drive about 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to Oslo.

The price for the ticket (one cat, one her servant / chauffeur, one Mazda MX-5) cost me about €148. I reserved it on my Mac Pro Late2013 using a browser. A confirmation e-mail arrived promptly and there it said I could use an app for Android phones. I installed it on my Pixel 7. The information is transferred to the app as soon as I register the account information to it.

I am supposed to show this e-mail or app screen to the counter (Hirthals Ferry Terminal - Color Line) and get the ticket. All I have to do is to get there at least 60 minutes before the deaparture time, which is very easy according to my itinerary.

I will later book the other ferry ride once I'm satisfied with the way the Norwegian itinerary is going, probably 2 or 3 days before the ride.

Other rides won't need reservation at all, I believe. I will pay Norwegian domestic rides with EPASS24 and I'm not yet sure about the last international ride (Rødby - Puttgarden) if this EPASS24 can cover this ride.


Ferrari (2023)
This was made for car aficiandos. Some of the lines are only understood by those.

"Are you making them richer?"
"Yes, for the humidity."

Signor Ferrari asks a mechanic bending over the engine the former question just in passing and the mechanic replies.

What are they talking about? If you ask, you don't know (the working of those old carburetors of good old days and consequently you don't enjoy this movie. Otherwise, people may understand those lines as follows but we don't, do we? Hahaha!

"Are you making them richer?"
"Yes, for (the) humanity."

They (the creators of the movie) took it for granted that they would not have to explain those technical terms. I was not a particular fan of Ferraris (their cars nor their business practices) but the movie was really good. Some audience may complain the racing scenes are too long but for fans those roaring engine sounds only are too soothing.

The mechanic was making the gas mixture (gasoline and air) richer (more gasoline or less air) to compensate the powerloss caused by the humidity (the weather must be turning wet).

At first I did not recognize Adam Driver but I soon caught up.

This movie did not change my attitudes toward Ferrari but its comedy touch, all English dialogues in a Italian atmosphere and Signor Ferrari's (Adam Driver's) Italian Uomo fashion style were all too pleasing to my eyes (and ears).



French-Swiss border crossing
I found out that I would pass through Switzerland when I drive from Aime-la-Plagne (Stage 19) to Thesy (Stage 20).

Aime-la-Plagne is the village at the foot of La Plagne (Stage 19 Finish) and I'm expecting to park my Mazda MX-5 here. Thesy is a small village on the course of Stage 20 and there seems to be a steep climb here. I intend to reach here after Stage 19. By the time I get here, it will be late in the evening.

I will decide how to overnight on the way probably. I can stop early in the evening when I find a nice camp site on the way. I can drive 283 km all the way to sleep in the tent in the wild.

I noticed just now that this suggested route went over Switzerland around 90 km? On a closer inspection, I found that this suggested route used Swiss highway (about 60 km?). It is a tollway. Last year, I purchased so-called e-vignette (online purchase toll ticket).

This year I don't want to buy it again just for this 60 km stretch. I have to remember to avoid the tollway in Switzerland to avoid paying for it.

Swiss highway system does not allow anyone to pay as one goes. Its payment system is 'one year subscription' only. There are no entrances, no gates, no coin throw-in bowls, no booths, no attendants, no payment machines of any kind at all. Only cameras are on the route watching all the license plates to make sure no non-payers are milking the system.

I can choose a non-toll route and this alternative route will take to a more scenic route along the Lake Léman. It will slow me down but it is free.

I have to remember while in France I can use the highway (pay as you go system) but as the Swiss border looms, I have to change the settings on my Garmin GPS navigation device to avoid "toll". This way, I can avoid the tollway in Switzerland.

So it is likely that this day I will keep driving and take breaks as I need until I arrive at Thesy. How I sleep? I will decide then.


No Champs-Elysées this year
It is almost a rule (I don't know) to have a penultimate stage somewhere in the Alps or the Pyrénées or some remote place from the Champs-Elysées, Paris. I drove always around 400 km or more to get to Paris. It was exausting. I did not like it at all to be honest.

This year (2025) the penultimate stage ends in Pontarlier. If someone drives from Pontarlier all the way to Paris, it will be around 470 km drive. It is a long drive, isn't it?

I want to watch the race near Thesy and it is around 420 km drive from there to Paris.

This year I'm not going to drive to Paris. When I found out that women's Tour was heading toward the Alps, I immediately thought of waiting for them. You know contrary to that "We always have Paris (Casa Blanca)" sentiment, Paris (the Champs-Elysées stage) hasn't had that sparks for some years.... since they stopped the parade ride.

I'm planning to join women's Tour from Stage 6 (Clermont-Ferrand - Ambert). Col de Béal (1,390 m) is my choice.

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Rick: If that plane leaves and you're not with him, you'll regret it.
Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life.

Ilsa: But what about us?

Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have-- We'd lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night.
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A parade ride? What is it?
It is not the official name nor maybe an appropriate name. When was it? When was the first time I went to Paris to watch the final stage there? 2007, 2008 or so? Anyway, after the race and the podium ceremony, all the riders (even some of the abandoned riders) and sports directors came on the bike on the Champs-Elysées to greet audience. It was like a parade run or ride so we fans called it whatever way they wanted.

They stopped altogether at some point. I don't remember when but it was when Saxobank team (I don't remember what the team was called that year exactly) was run jointly by Bjarne Riis and Mr. Tinkoff.

They (ASO) began focusing on other things like flying a pack of fighter jets with smoke, moving the stage later in the evening to have some lighting show or something. For some reasons unknown to us, they restricted spectators along the Arc de Triumph roundabout in 2023.

There were times like terrorists threats and the police checked our luggage to enter the area but it was 2023 when they suddenly had this measures.

For fans, this parade ride was the best thing and other shows meant nothing.

I did not enjoy being there (on Champs-Elysées) in 2023, 2022 or 2021.

For example, Danish fans came to the area on Champs-Elysées where Flora Danica stood (Danish flag flew there). They came because they liked cycling sport. After Jonas Vingegaard's victory, there were so many Danes not because they were fans of cycling sport but just to have fun.

After Stage 19 (on Saturday, 26 July), I'm planning to wait for three nights and then drive to Col du Béal (1,390 m) featured in Stage 6 of women's Tour.


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Filling the gap
It is a 322 km drive (Thesy to Col de Béal) using the highway (tollway) and the estimated drive time is 3 hours 50 mins (no breaks).

It is a 281 km drive (ditto) using avoiding the hollway but the estimated drive time is 5 hours 40 mins (without any breaks). Although French suburban roads allow one to drive up to 80 km/h (or some areas 90 km/h), this suggested route will contain residentail areas (up to 50 km/h) and school zones (up to 30 km/h) and other obstacles.

This is the physical gap in distance. There is another gap, the date gap. There are 4 days to kill or enjoy.

Saturday, 26 July: I will be at Thesy. After the race, I will quickly find a place to stay for the night. There are plenty of camp sites nearby.

Day 1 - Sunday, 27 July:
While the final stage is going on, I'll be enjoying the moment of relaxation. I'd like to watch the race on TV if possible. Free WiFi signals to catch at the camp site for a TV streaming?

Day 2 - Monday, 28 July:
The problem is that Thesy area is a bit far from those Cols. I have to drive to see pretty mountains. What can I do?

Day 3 - Tuesday, 29 July:
There are a couple of camp sites not too far away from Col de Béal (20 km) according to Garmin BaseCamp (not 100 % update so could be incorrect). I may check in one of those and wait.

Day 4 - Wednesday, 30 July:
It's is time to move into Col de Béal.


Thursday, 31 July:
Stage 6 (Clermont-Ferrand - Ambert)

Friday, 1 August:
Stage 7 (Bourg-en-Bresse - Chambéry)

Saturday, 2 August:
Stage 8 (Chambéry - Saint-François-Longchamp / Col de la Madeleine)

Sunday, 3 August:
Stage 9 (Praz-sur-Arly - Châtel)


Stage 6 (Clermont-Ferrand - Ambert)
This is the stage that the course gets hilly or mountaineous. The stages before this are flat and will be decided by a bunch sprint or lucky escape riders.

This the stage where climbers shine and that shakes the general classification ranking.

The highest climb of the day is Col de Béal (that's where I will be at) but it comes in the middle of the stage. There are two smaller climbs after it and the finish is on the descent. It is likely that the top climbers are all together with their supporting riders until the finish as they can regroup on the descent. Some riders who don't like climbing will lag so behind won't regroup until the finish. Some may be forced to abandon if they don't make the time limit.

If I drive from here to the next stop (a camping site at the foot of Col du Granier), it will be a 237 km drive and the EDT (estimated drive time) is 3 hours and 30 minutes.

I believe (and hope) that "Camping Municipal Le Cozon" exists. I found this on my Garmin BaseCamp. It is located at the foot of Col du Granier. I'll check if it really exists on the Internet later.



Stage 7 (Bourg-en-Bresse - Chambéry)
There are two peaks according to the profile chart, one small and the other much higher (629 and 1,134 meters, respectively) The start and the finish seem to be around 200 meters in altitude so they climb 400 plus 900 meters making the total altitude gain around 1,300 to 1,4000 meters in the end.

Col du Granier (alt. 1,134 m - 8.9 km long - 5.4 % average)

If I drive from Col du Granier to Col de la Madeleine, it will be a 100 km drive and the EDT is 1 hour and 30 minutes.

There are camp sites near Col de la Madeleine (not confirmed yet). I will check in one of those or decide to camp in the wild.



Stage 8 (Chambéry - Col de la Madeleine)
This is the queen stage where they really have to climb.

Nothing too important but the finish of the 8th stage is written Saint François Longchamp and it is a small village along D213 on the way to Col de la Madeleine. Col de la Madeleine itself has altitude of 2,000 meters (19.2 km 7.9 %).

On the profile chart (for men) from www.letour.fr there are two Saint-François-Lonchamps; (1,377 m) Saint-François-Lonchamp Chef-Lieu and (1,587 m) Saint-François-Longchamp 1650.

On the other other hand, the profile chart (from women) from www.letour.fr has finish as Saint-Frnçois-Longchamp / Col de la Madeleine with altitude of 2,000 meters (18.6 km 8.1 %).

This puzzled me for a while until I fount this name "Montgellfrey (1,064 m)" there. Montgellafrey is a village along D76. This is the other route from La Chambre leading to Saint-François-Longchamp. So what they meant was women's race will climb to Col de la Madeleine via Saint-François-Longchamp 1650 village but not Saint-François-Longchamp Chef-Lieu.

Now I know that women's ascension route is different from men's.

I don't think that the race course (D76) gets closed until sometime in the morning of August 2nd. On top of it, as written above, there are two routes almost parallel from La Chambre to Saint-François-Longchamp 1650. So there's no shortage of access road to the venue.



Stage 9 (Praz-sur-Arly - Châtel)
I'm thinking of driving to Col de Joux-Plane (1,691 m 11.6 km 8.5 %). It is the highest point in the race and it comes in the middle.

From Col de la Madeleine it is a 130 km drive to this place and the EDT is 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Should I go to Châtel instead of Col de Joux-Plane? There will be the final ceremony there. I'm also tempted to be at the finish this day.

It is a 168 km drive (non-toll) in 3 hours 20 minutes.

It is a 244 km drive (toll) in 3 hours 20 minutes.

That is what Garmin BaseCamp says to me but I'm inclined to object to it. The 244 km route is mostly by highway and the EDT should be correct. On the other hand, the 168 km route is mixture of mountain paths and suburban roads and the EDT could be longer than 3 hours 20 minutes. This is what you should be aware of when driving in moutain areas.

You see Garmin BaseCamp or Garmin navigation devices won't take a gravity effect or cornering speed into consideration and guesses a vehicle can just stick to the speed limit on the steep climb or on winding roads. No you won't be able to.

This was why I bought my rather expensive Garmin Camper 660 for my tiny Mazda MX-5, which can show the profile of the route. When I see too many bumps, I search for other routes with fewer bumps.

On Garmin BaseCamp I can see the winding roads and I get the alarm while planning the routes but when I have to search routes on the go on the navigation device, I fail to notice the signs (widing roads appear straight on a small screen etc.).

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Zombie movies problems
I hate zombie movies. Why? Because they defy the laws of physics. There are laws of physics that we (and most of things that we see in this Universe) have to follow. Like Energy Preservation.

I don't bother talking about this on a nano level or quantum level but I do want to talk about it on a macro level, the world we see in our own eyes without anything to magnify with.

We eat and we live. If we don't eat, we die. How do zombies live? They are pracically dead and in a way alive.

Some miraculous virus (or viruses), microorganism (or microorganisms) or whtever it is or they are takes over the cells of human body, that is the idea.

A typical ay of killing a zombie (in most movies) is to damage their brain as if the brain still controls the whole body.

OK I got it. They (zombies) still have to eat to keep the cells going, don't they? Maybe those microorganisms are so efficient but the way they move, they seem to have unlimited source of energy. They seem to be too energetic and persistent.

Could someone please explain me how they keep it up?

OK, they not so smart so the brain function is limited. Which fact makes it easy to understand their energy comsumption is lower than humans as our brain consumes so much sugar (energy). Maybe their body temperature is lower and this also help them saves additional energy.

I wonder how their metabolism works. Why do they have to eat live human flesh instead of normal food? The fact they eat (consumes from mouth to their stomach) makes us assume that their digestion system is still important to produce energy. How does the zombie body distribute the energy to the indivudual cell, by blood vessels or other means?

But what kind of digestion mechanism there? Those microorganisms on the inner wall of the stomach and intestines consume the flesh directly but how they digest the flesh? Like Ecoli bacteria?

I have to assume that the arteries and veins are pretty much disturbed by the bites, so they can not realy on these fragile ducts. They must have an alternative way or ways of distribution. Mainly by resting blood vessels but also by permeation? OK, let's assume so!


So a live human infected by this virus (or these viruses) by way of "bites" can turn into a zombie but if his/her body is damaged in the brain or his/her digestion system is damaged, this zombie won't last long and die a natural death again.

Energy circulation by permeation makes their body function slow. This explains their awkward moves.

I wonder if they breath. We breath because we need oxygen to burn sugar to make energy. Do zombies breathe? If so, what purpose does it serve?

Do they (microorganisms) need oxygen? If so to do what?

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Mulholland Drive (2001)
I thought this movie was a thriller of thoughts. David Lynch directed it.

I have heard of this movie a long long time ago but never seen it until now. In 2001 I was working in Japan and had no time going to the movies.

After more than two decades, I finally got to watch it. I did not know it was directed by David Lynch; I only knew that Naomi Watts was in it.

When I saw David Lynch's name at the beginning of the movie, I was surprised but not so alarmed. I should have, in hindsight.

The movie follows stories that seems separtely happening. 1. A man and his doctor (?) at a Winkie Cafe (and the scary hobo), 2. An aspiring actress from Canada newly arrived at Los Angeles for an audition, her relatives, all those Hollywood poeple, 3. A very clumsy contract killer, 4. A woman who narrowly escapes a threat on her life. We, the audience, are shown how these stories get tangled toward the end.

I have seen similar movies and I can not tell which one started or which ones are copies. To be honest, I'm not a particular fan of this kind of movies.

The trick (I don't have the right word for it) of this kind of movies is that it forces the audience, us, to work out the stories on our own. We have to keep thinking about it and make our mind exercise until we find our own version of story (assuming there is one). If the stepping stones are clear, we may find the links and cross the pond.

As I recall, David Lynch's stepping stones seem to include some supernatural elements here and there. Why?

For example, in "Mulholland Drive (2001)" what do those characters found in 1. or the blue-hair transvestite who appears in the end mean? We should integrate them into the story? Are they there for the appearance's sake?

I guess he refuses to have his stories cracked by us, commoners, ordinary people or the unimaginative. That's his way, I think.

Other similar movies seem to allow us to make connections.


Compatibility
So now I own;
2 Streamlight JRs (1st gen and 2nd gen internally identical),
1 Mini Maglite (1985 model) and
1 Brinkmann (seems like made in 1991 or later?)
2 AA flashlights. I learned something about their parts compatibility.

1. This Brinkmann (seemingly second generation) and the Mini Maglite use the same glow bulb (filament bulb).

2. They (Brinkmann and Mini Maglite) don't use the same size bottom caps, lens or anything else (other than the bulb).

3. The Streamlight JR's bottom cap (click switch) and Mini Maglite bottom cap are interchangeable. I could use JR's switch cap on Mini Maglite to turn it on and off. Nice!

It means that I can buy one of those parts intended for Mini Maglites and use it on the Streamlight JRs like bottom switch caps.


Future upgrades or thoughts
The O ring on the tail cap (Mini Maglite) broke. It seems (my measurements with a caliper) that this one is 1 mm thick CS with 14 mm / 15 - 16 mm of ID / OD (in the diagram below). It must have been there for 40 years by now. It was its time.
(photo)

Now it got me searching for parts for Mini Maglite on the Internet.

1. O rings (rubber seals)
I found a generic set of 1 mm CS O rings from AliExpress. Those will fit on various Flashlights including my other Streamlight flashlights.

There are some sellers on ebay that have repair kits that include these O rings (below).

2. Bulbs
I have already bought filament bulbs (dead stocks floating in the market) for my Streamlight JRs (Juniors) fearing I won't encoutner them if I don't order them now.

My Mini Maglite deserves an LED upgrade I guess. Which one? There are several types on the market.

Type 1. An LED emitter and a metal heatsink. I guess this heat sink is isolated from the electric circuit.

Type 2. Nite Ize Kit. It comes with an LED upgrade with plastic covering but not visible heatsink, a tail cap switch and reflecter. I wonder the lack of heatsink means if its power consumption is lower than Type 1 (thus darker).

Type 3. A combintion of an LED emitter and switch in one. A "switch" is a Mini Maglite part name that serves as a bulb socket and contact point (switch). It is meant for an upgrade for the (factory) filament bulb Mini Maglite.

Type 4. A variant of Type 3. It is meant for an upgrade for the (factory) LED bulb Mini Maglite. It does not seem to have anything that would attach itself to the body. And I don't if this type of LED/Switch integrated part requires a tail cap switch. (photo)

I don't know the structural differences between so-called a factory LED model and a factory glow bulb model. I haven't seen the factory LED models. I have just one Mini Maglite from 1985 and it's my first one I have ever got since two weeks ago.

I'm thinking of buying a Type 3 product as I want to keep my 1985 Mini Maglite as original as possible.

3. Tail Cap Switches
I thought about it. Since the tail caps on the Streamlight JRs and Mini Maglite are compatible, I can buy a tail cap (switch) for the Mini Maglite and use it on the Streamlight JRs. Should I? This time I decided to forgo.

4. Mini Maglit repair kit
It is a set of various parts enough to reapir or restore one. (photo)
There are sellers who sell this kind of kits. Basically all the seals (O rings), lens, switch, spare bulb holder and tail cap spring (a bit more of small things).

5. Mini Maglite switch removal tool
(photo)
It is a simple plastic stick with two fork prongs on one end. These prongs work like a key to unlock the part on the switch. After this the switch body can be removed. Later I learned that one does not need this special tool to remove the switch.


Modification? What modification?
I found a post on reddit that suggested that some Mini Maglite LED upgrade can be fitted into the Streamlight JR. It did not tell me how or which. It seemed to suggest with a slight modification.

This made me wonder how to do it or if it was real.

That was why some of the Mini Maglite upgrade parts made me curious.

Is it possible to install this 4. (seemingly integrated LED and switch combination?) into Streamlight JR's body with modification? Is it possible to install this 6. switch and the LED bulb inside Streamlight JR's body?

There is only one way to know. I have to try myself.

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Dead Man's Folly (1986)
An Hercule Poirot movie with Peter Ustinov. In this movie I enountered a very curious expression.
"Headache, my foot!"
This line was from an English (I guess) woman who worked (as a secretary?) for a rich woman. After his young rich woman excused herself from the breakfast table (with a lot of guests) citing "headache" for the reason for her abrupt retreat or withdrawal, this personal secretary (?) said the above to Monsieur Poirot in disbelief.

I had to assume it was a polite version of "Headache, my ass!"

My question now is that it has to be foot or any body parts in this case. Will my sigh, my calf, my heel or my back make any difference?


Brinkmann 2 AA flashlights
I was curious. Anyway, I searched ebay for "Brinkmann" and found two kinds of 2 AA flashlights seeming unused in a plastic package. The package says "World's Finest 2 AA Mini Flashlight". Its name is Black Max®.

The one that looked just like mine was in a package that said ©1991. The one that looked just like a Mini Maglite was in a package that said ©1985. You know Maglite started making Mini Maglites in 1984 and in 1985 they started lazer-etching the bezel.

I wondered if this 1985 version was just a Mini Maglite in a disguise (in other words, Maglite made them for Brinkmann). The later version is different and Brinkmann may have found another manufacturer (in China?) to make flashlights for them. I am just guessing. No proof at all. Both of the packages says "Made in USA" but really so? Manufactured in China but assembled in the USA, maybe??

So the design was changed to make Brinkmann 2 AA flashlights look different from Mini Maglites. This fact made me think of something else.


Streamlight JR's design change
I own two of them (1st and 2nd generation JRs).

The original, first generation JR looks a bit like a Mini Maglite. They changed the design only externally at some point but kept the identical internal guts. Why? Why they bothered?

They could have waited for some more years until they made a new generation flashlight with LED technology, which was emergning.

Was it because they (Streamlight JRs and Mini Maglites) looked too similar? And Streamlight wanted JR to look more like their own Stingers (or Kel-lite industries flashlights).

There's another possibilities that I can think of. How about this?

The time when they changed the design happened to be around early 1990's (or late 1980's) when the emerging Chinese manufacturing power enticed many American companies to move their factories to China. So they (Brinkmann and Streamlight, and perhaps Maglite, too) changed the design.


Kinds of Kindness (2024)
A strange movie. I did not read any reviews or anything before I watched it. So I was not warned. It went pretty confusing in the first 30 minutes while I was trying to make sense out of the story. Was it supposed to be some kind of supernatural power involved? Was it supposed to be psychopathic?

And when the situation suddenly changed with a short transitional credit roll of the main characters.

This second part got even weirder than the first part.

And then comes the third part. It seemed a story of some kind of religeous cult and Emily (played by Emma Stone) and Andrew (by Jesse Plemons) were the two agents belonging to the cult who sought for a woman who had this supernatural power to bring the dead to life.

It was a long movie. It had to be that way to cover the whole story, it was practically three short movies tacked together.

I had this impression that the actor who played Robert M. Fletcher was Matt Damon but he looked awefully different in some aspects. I was puzzled. When I saw this short credit roll at the end of the first story, I noticed the name "Jesse Plemons". Who was he?

After finishing the movie, I read the Wikipedia entry of the movie. I had to. I wanted to know who were behind this movie, who wrote the stories and such.

I don't know why it is titled "Kinds of Kindness".



My beloved Hannah's considerateness
I am always impressed with her considerateness in her certain behaviors. How? Well, she is a cat and she combs herself with her tongue. Eventually her hair ends up resting in her stomach. When the fur ball content goes over the limit, it has to be vacated.

She throws up occasionally. It must happen. Most of the time (I say, 9 out of 10) she does it on a place where cleaning is easy. Her favorite place is the shower booth. I only take the shower head and wash it away down the drain. She does it on plastic surface of something so I can take the plastic objects (Shoe plate from Ikea or such) to the shower booth and wash off. On rare occasions I catch her doing on other surfaces. I catch it with my palm or clean it with some cloth.

I don't know how she chooses her throwing-up targets but the shower booth is her favorite for some reason. How considerate of her!

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